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Workflow templates for hardware and physical technology
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24 workflow templates
Acceptance criteria sheet
Hand a developer or agency a story with its definition of done written down: testable expected behaviours, error cases and edge cases, each traced to a rule or design state, with the unclear terms and open questions listed for the product owner.
- Starts it
- Product owner
- Brings
- notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Assumption map
For a product owner whose plan rests on beliefs nobody has tested: each belief is written down, set against the evidence you hold, ranked by what it would do to the plan, and given a cheap test to choose from. You decide what to test; no evidence is invented.
- Starts it
- Product owner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Channel partner fit review
When a referral, reseller or alliance partner approaches, the founder or head of partnerships gets one review: evidence the partner brings customers of its own, the type that evidence supports, a ninety-day plan with signs to go on or stop, and the commission range that still beats selling direct. A person decides.
- Starts it
- Founder
- Brings
- export, notes, document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Component end-of-life exposure brief
When a supplier announces a component constraint or end-of-life date, the sourcing lead gets one brief: where the part is used, stock and demand set against the stated dates, and questions about replacements, with unverified availability kept apart from approved supply.
- Starts it
- Sourcing lead
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Engineering change affected records index
When an engineering change request enters review, the document controller gets one index: the assemblies, revisions, stock and open purchase orders the change reaches in the exports supplied, and a question for each owner wherever the records are unclear.
- Starts it
- Document controller
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 3 outputs
Evaluation unit trial review
When a customer's evaluation reaches its review milestone, the account engineer and account owner get a trial-review agenda that sets the agreed use case beside the recorded results, setup changes and feedback, with every gap turned into a question and next-step options.
- Starts it
- Account engineer
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Field issue handoff to engineering
When a delivered product misbehaves for a customer, the customer service lead gets one case brief for engineering: the revision and serial references, the symptoms as reported, the photographs supplied, what service has done and the questions still unanswered. It names no cause.
- Starts it
- Customer service lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document, pasted text
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Investor update
Each month or quarter, the founder gets a drafted update for investors: the headline, key figures against plan and last period, cash and runway, wins, problems told plainly with what is being done, and specific asks. Every figure comes from the company's own reports. The founder approves and sends it.
- Starts it
- Founder
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 3 outputs
Job readiness packet
Before an order goes to the floor, the production or quality lead gets one packet: each requirement matched to its approved drawing, specification or inspection plan, with conflicting revisions, gaps and material shortfalls listed. The owners decide; nothing is approved or released.
- Starts it
- Production planner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Kit component availability check
The stock or online-store lead gets every kit beside the quantity actually sellable, the component that limits it, the stock records that disagree and the listings that promise more than can be built. Nothing is changed until a person decides.
- Starts it
- Stock lead
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Pilot build readiness brief
Before a prototype or pilot build, the build lead gets one brief: part shortages, revision conflicts and open actions set against the team’s own build checklist, with allocated parts kept apart from received ones. People confirm; nothing is released.
- Starts it
- Build lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Product configuration margin sheet
When sales prepares a quote for a product configuration, the commercial owner and finance lead get one worksheet: the quoted price, the costed bill of materials, assembly and freight, and the allocations, with every unquoted part, one-off charge and uncertain volume listed as an open assumption.
- Starts it
- Sales operations coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Product recall customer contact plan
Once your business has issued a recall, the customer care lead gets the contact plan: affected customers from the order export, the approved notice word for word, drafts that offer only the remedies you run, and a tracker that counts a customer done only when the item is back or repaired.
- Starts it
- Customer care lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Product sample feedback revision list
After each round of samples, your product lead gets one revision list by sample version and feature: the changes people agree on, the feedback that conflicts, and drafted notes for the next supplier brief. The product owner decides.
- Starts it
- Product lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Production cost variance sheet
At period close the plant controller gets one sheet that separates material, labor and overhead differences from standard, by order and by product, with missing actuals and changed standards flagged. Each difference is a question for operations, never a cause.
- Starts it
- Plant controller
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Production schedule rebuild
When orders or forecasts change, the production planner gets a draft build schedule from open orders, work-centre capacity and material availability, with every overload and shortage listed, not quietly fixed. The planner checks feasibility and approves the changes.
- Starts it
- Production planner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Quality management review pack
Before the periodic quality review, the quality lead gets one brief for senior leaders: where each measure stands, complaints and defects, audit findings, action status, and the decisions still open. The leaders decide; the brief claims no compliance with any standard.
- Starts it
- Quality lead
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 8 outputs
Release notes draft
The product owner gets draft release notes for one shipped release, in words users recognize: what is new, changed, removed and fixed, the steps users must take, and the known limitations. Only what was supplied is described. The owner checks and publishes.
- Starts it
- Product owner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 8 outputs
Returned unit review brief
When a failed-unit report or return request arrives, the service coordinator gets one brief tying the customer's report to each unit's shipment record, serial and recorded configuration, with unmatched serials and missing evidence listed. It names no cause.
- Starts it
- Service coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes, document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
RFQ clarification list
A buyer sending drawings and specifications out for quotation gets one list of missing details, conflicting revisions and ambiguous tolerances, and a record of each supplier's answers. The buyer approves every message; the engineer settles every technical question.
- Starts it
- Buyer
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Roadmap tradeoff review
When a new priority arrives, the product owner sees what the roadmap would have to give up to hold it: the capacity gap by team, the work that could move, the commitments and dependencies that move with it, and the questions still open. The owner decides.
- Starts it
- Product owner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 8 outputs
Shipment documentation check
When a job finishes, the shipping or quality lead gets one index comparing the order, the inspection records, the required certificates and the packing details, with each missing record and each quantity that does not agree set out. Nothing is certified or released.
- Starts it
- Shipping lead
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Supplier quality response check
A quality or purchasing person who has raised a defect with a supplier gets the supplier's reply set against the finding: what is answered, what is not, the evidence still to ask for, the actions proposed and what has yet to be verified. The person decides whether the answer is accepted.
- Starts it
- Supplier-quality owner
- Brings
- export, notes, document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Technical demo plan
Before a technical discovery or demo meeting, the account executive and solutions engineer get an attendee brief, a demo sequence built around the buyer's stated workflow from approved scenarios, and open questions. Requests nobody has verified stay questions.
- Starts it
- Account executive
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs